Timofey Skatov and Benoit Paire will face off in the 2^nd round of the Francavilla Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Timofey Skatov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Timofey Skatov is the pick to win this match.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.3
Benoit Paire -> 3.26

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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Benoit Paire

This will be the 3^rd time that Timofey Skatov and Benoit Paire play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Paire won 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger back in 2024.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 181, the Kazakhstani reached the 2^nd round after defeating Justin Engel 6-4 2-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Timofey defeated Engel (6-4 2-6 6-4). During the match, Skatov scored 93 points vs Engel’s 89. Skatov was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Skatov fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 74% of his first serves in, winning 61% (39/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Engel 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Skatov has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (211-171). 8-5 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Skatov has a compiled177-126 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

The Kazakhstani has an overall 14-12 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Francavilla Challenger

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Benoit Paire

Ranked no. 556, Paire got to the 2^nd round after defeating Giovanni Fonio 7-5 1-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Benoit defeated Fonio (7-5 1-6 6-3).During the match Paire scored less points (1) than Fonio. In fact, the world no. 181 won 89 points vs Fonio’s. That means that Paire was more focused during the important points. Benoit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Paire blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 45% of his first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (19/47) on the 2nd serve. Paire broke Fonio 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Benoit has an aggregate 6-9 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Skatov	Paire
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
Pts	93-89	89-90
Total Points	182	179
Winners	39	32
%Winners	42%	36%

Both Skatov and Paire played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Timofey Skatov dropped 1 set, while Benoit Paire dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Skatov and Paire have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (28). The Kazakhstani scored 39 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 32 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Skatov	Paire
Aces	2	4
Avg per match	2	4
1st in	64/87	39/86
%1st in	74%	45%
1st pts	39/64	32/39
%1st pts	61%	82%
2nd pts	15/23	19/47
%2nd pts	65%	40%

Skatov fired 2 aces . Paire bagged 4 aces . Skatov won 61% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Paire won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Skatov	Paire
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/9
% Converted	36%	44%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4	4
% Saved	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Timofey lost his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Benoit broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Skatov
	R1 Engel	Total
Score	6-4 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	93-89	93-89
Total points	182	182
Winners	39	39
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	64/87	64/87
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	39/64	39/64
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	15/23	15/23
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

Paire
	R1 Fonio	Total
Score	7-5 1-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	89-90	89-90
Total points	179	179
Winners	32	32
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	39/86	39/86
% 1st in	45%	45%
1st pts	32/39	32/39
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	19/47	19/47
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

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